{"id":259,"date":"2006-11-06T23:47:10","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T21:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theglade.com\/toleblog\/?p=259"},"modified":"2006-11-07T18:38:53","modified_gmt":"2006-11-07T16:38:53","slug":"evolution-on-the-dance-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theglade.com\/toleblog\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"Evolution on the dance floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ich wurde auf einen Artikel der New York Times<\/a> \u00fcber libanesische Frauen aufmerksam gemacht (bezeichnenderweise von einer Libanesin).
\nIn dem Beitrag geht es umdas ausschweifende Nachtleben der libanesischen M\u00e4dchen, die auf M\u00e4nnersuche sind – und zwar auf eine Weise, die man im Mittleren Osten nicht erwarten w\u00fcrde…<\/p>\n

In the bars the women dance for hours \u2014 often on top of the bar \u2014 and legs, midriffs, bare shoulders and barely covered bosoms are offered for public admiration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Das Problem ist der Frauen\u00fcberschuss, und damit der Selektionsdruck auf die M\u00e4dchen, denn:<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s high rate of unemployment pushes the young men to seek work elsewhere, sometimes in Western countries like France and Canada, but mainly in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and the other oil states on the Persian Gulf. The women, inhibited by family pressures, are generally left behind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Was das bedeutet, sagt ein Professor von der AUB deutlich:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe demographic reality is truly alarming,\u201d Professor Khalaf said. \u201cThere are no jobs for university graduates, and with the boys leaving, the sex ratios are simply out of control. It is now almost five to one: five young girls for every young man. When men my sons\u2019 age come back to Lebanon, they can\u2019t keep the girls from leaping at them.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nach dem Gesetz der Evolution setzt sich der erfolgreichste und am besten angepasste durch, f\u00fcr die Libanesinnen hei\u00dft das, sie m\u00fcssen ihre Chancen verbessern und aufr\u00fcsten.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe focus is more and more on being beautiful, on pleasing other people. The competition is intense, conformity is a big thing, and everyone, rich and poor, gets plastic surgery. You can go to parts of Beirut where almost every young woman has the same little nose.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nat\u00fcrlich gibt es auch noch junge, unverheiratete M\u00e4nner im Libanon. Allerdings wollen die Frauen diese nicht…<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys that remain in Lebanon are the stupid ones!\u201d exclaimed Nayiri Kalayjian, 19, who was hitting the bars on Monot Street, in central Beirut, with three girlfriends.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re too good for them,\u201d she said. \u201cThe ones who remain in Lebanon are the ones with closed mentalities, the ones who just want a virgin girl. You start to feel that the men who stay in Lebanon are the ones with no ambition in their work, and so you wonder, why are they still here?\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Es gibt nach dem Artikel f\u00fcr eine anspruchsvolle, gebildete Libanesin eigentlich nur drei M\u00f6glichkeiten:<\/p>\n